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Legal Expert: The Mayor Has No Business Censoring Films

With a protest planned on Tuesday at Houston City Hall, supporters of Vaxxed: The Movie are receiving a shot in the arm of support from a legal expert, University of Houston Law Professor Peter Linzer. Speaking to Fox26Houston: “I got nothing against Sylvester Turner, but he’s doing the wrong thing here. The Mayor has no business censoring films at a film festival,” said Linzer adding, “Speech is not benign. People can get hurt. People can get injured by speech, but it’s the best thing we’ve got.” Linzer says unlike private individuals, who have the prerogative to pick and choose what speech they present, the law holds government officials to a much higher standard when it comes to censorship.